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"Nothing is more beautiful than a good guitar, save perhaps two."

— Frédéric Chopin

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Cited—as a "saying of Chopin"–by in Poor Folk in Spain (1922), p. 229. — 50 years later, the quote—almost always minus the word "good"—begins to appear periodically, with the occasional addition of such changes as "a guitar" to "one guitar" and "save, perhaps" to "except, possibly," as well as, very briefly (in conjunction with the equally brief return of "good"), "more beautiful" to simply "better" and "Nothing is more beautiful than" to "Only one thing is as beautiful as".

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Cited—as a "saying of Chopin"–by in Poor Folk in Spain (1922), p. 229. — 50 years later, the quote—almost always minus the word "good"—begins to appear periodically, with the occasional addition of such changes as "a guitar" to "one guitar" and "save, perhaps" to "except, possibly," as well as, very briefly (in conjunction with the equally brief return of "good"), "more beautiful" to simply "better" and "Nothing is more beautiful than" to "Only one thing is as beautiful as".